Dental can.



No. 811,370. 'PATBNTED JAN. 30, 1906. w. BRUSH.

DENTAL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed June 6, 1905. Serial No. 263,914.

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Bnnsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weehawken, Hudson county, State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Dental Cans, of whichthe fol owing is a specification. g

TlllS invention relates to a dental can adapted to contain tooth-powder and also'to contain a dental thread and deliver the same in lengths suitable for cleaning the teeth.

- In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side view of vmy improved dental can; Fig. 2, a side view of the lower part thereof with the cap removed; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the lower part of the can with the cap in place, End Fig. 4 a horizontal sectionon line 4 4,

The letter (1 represents a can for holding tooth-powder which is discharged by nozzle (1. The bottom a of the can is countersunk, so that a circular flange a? depends from the bottom. This flange is notched, as at a and is embraced by a circular cap I), which constitutes a lower compartment. The rim of ca 1) is provided with a perforation b and wit a tongue 6 which is stamped out of the body of the cap and is placed at a distance fromperforation b; The edge of tongue 12 is sharpened to constitute a cutter.

A reel 0, upon which is' wound a waxed silk thread (Z, is contained within ca 72, the endof the thread rejecting outwar through the alined noted a and perforation b. When the thread is to be used, the proper length is b and cut off by ressure; Itwillbeobserved that after the t ead has been so severed a length of threads ual to the distance be tween perforation and tongueb still-remains exposed ready to be'grasped during" the next operation.

What I claim isa A dental can provided with a countersunk bottom, a de ending flange having a notch, a cap removabl y embracing the flange and having a perforation adapted to be alined with itihrg1 notch, and a tongue, substantially as speci- Signedby me at New York city, (lllanhzah tan,) New York, this 5th day of June, 1905.

' WILLIAM BRUSH.

35 drawn out and the thread is laid over tongue 

